Method and Madness

In this Melee episode, the brilliant Dustin Cole joins Brad to discuss his new poetry collection AFTER SUNSTONE, writing poetry versus writing novels, what social media does for/to a writer, and W.G. Sebald’s singular book THE RINGS OF SATURN.


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The brilliant writer Kat Rosenfield joins us to talk LOLITA and misreadings thereof, the new (and past?) censoriousness in books discourse, love versus terror, and much, much more.

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In this Melee episode we discuss the recent revival of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS and some of the very questionable reviews.

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Ep. 4.3. A [PREVIEW] of our exclusive MADNESS episode on NCFOM for paid subscribers ONLY. We go in-depth on the history of Moss's unit in Vietnam, the metaphysical and poetic implications of the title, and try to figure out just what the hell genre this book is anyway.

Part 2 of our in-depth series on Cormac McCarthy’s NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. We talk about what makes NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN so effective, the subtleties of its structure, McCarthy’s masterclass in visual storytelling, how this book plays at the edges of genre, and much more.

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Part 1 of our in-depth series on Cormac McCarthy’s NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. We’re joined by Ben Avery of the legendary Lemonparty podcast.

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In part 3 of our in-depth episode on William Gibson's NEUROMANCER. In the MADNESS portion of this series, we talk hacking in the ‘80s, what this book has in common with Djuna Barnes’ strange 1930s arthouse novel NIGHTWOOD, Rastafarianism, and where AI might be headed.

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In part 2 of our in-depth episode on William Gibson's NEUROMANCER, Aaron and Brad go METHOD talking about what makes this book tick, how to write something ‘timeless’, and living in alternate realities.

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We talk Aaron’s recent Tolkien “controversy,” where the Borges meets the road, the importance of plot, the looming and forgotten catastrophes of human history, Nathanael West, and what C.G. Jung thought about UFOs.